Manila, Sept. 24 -- Agrarian Reform Secretary John R. Castriciones on Tuesday called on members of the Centre on Integrated Rural Development in Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) to share their significant advances in poverty reduction so that others may learn and improve their programs and policy measures.
"We may be coming from different countries and that the manifestation of poverty may have different contexts but still we should find value by coordinating our initiatives and experiences," Castriciones said during the opening of an international forum hosted by the Department of Agrarian Reform, in collaboration with CIRDAP, which consists of 15 member countries.
He said CIRDAP members need to discuss relevant themes and concerns, and ide...